Muggle Magic

Chapter 13

Written by Maddy and Moody- the more glamorous side of the partnership

Madeleine was immensely proud of herself. Not only had she taken revenge on Michelle, but she had successfully performed a complicated spell. She had come across it while flipping through some books in the library, and had found it hard to resist, it was just too perfect. She had memorised the spell almost instantly, and was in a much better mood leaving the library then she had been entering it.

So here she was, walking down the corridor to her rooms, with a smile on her face that hadn't been there for two days. She entered and set about gathering up her things that she needed for her first lesson, when there was a soft knock on the door. Still smiling, and now humming one of her own tunes, she opened the door to Sirius.

"What was all that about?"

"What?"

"You know what I'm talking about. Why the hell did you do that to Michelle? Not a very good example for the students"

"Come on Sirius, even you're not that naïve. You know perfectly well why I did that to her." After a moments silence, where Sirius made no attempt to speak, she continued. "You know what she's like, and I've had enough of it. I've had to put up with her arrogant and selfish manner for twenty years. I did nothing that no one else would've done in my position. Now if you excuse me I have a lesson to teach."

Madeleine pushed passed Sirius and walked down the corridor towards her classroom. She passed several students on the way. All of whom either stopped talking or changed directions when they saw her coming towards them, wearing a scowl that got match Sanpe's. she reached her classroom with in record time, walked in, slammed the door and threw her stuff on her desk. Slowly, she calmed herself down by taking deep, slow breathes, just as her sixth years were arriving.

Meanwhile, down in the dungeons, a heated exchange of words was taking place. Once the shock had sunk in, Snape seemed to have found his tongue and had consequently been lecturing Michelle for the past fifteen minutes.

"It isn't my fault that little midget done this"

"Well it wasn't my friend that got us into this predicament!" Snape exclaimed, waving their joined hands in the air.

"That's because you haven't got any bloody friends!" Retorted Michelle, as she stormed into her bedroom, dragging Snape behind her. She proceeded to pull the covers of the bed, then the pillows, before giving up and looking under and around the bed instead.

"What the hell are you doing? We've been here for at least fifteen minutes now. I have a lesson to teach in case you've forgotten"

"I'm looking for my necklace"

"Can't you just choose another one or go a day without wearing it?"

"No"

"Why it's only a piece of metal" snapped Snape who was growing more frustrated by the second

"Because it's the necklace my father gave me"

"So, you can always get another one"

"No I can't"

"I see no reason why you can't. it's only a piece of polished metal that you wear around your neck. They are quite common."

"Shut up you emotionless git it was the last thing he gave me, it was a token of his love."

"And that matters because?"

"You've never loved, or been loved so I wouldn't expect you to understand. And I'd appreciate it if you kept your heartless opinions to yourself"

Scowling, Snape fell silent, watching Michelle searching for her necklace. Within another five minutes she had located it. Curiosity getting the better of him, plus the oppourtunity to make her feel stupid, got the better of him. "How exactly do you expect to put that on? In case you hadn't realised you only have one free hand, and it usually requires two to put a necklace on."

Michelle stared at him, while she realised bitterly that he was right. Pocketing her necklace, she headed to the door. 'Madeleine is going to pay for this. No one crosses Michelle Antoinette Molloy and gets away with it!'